The NIMA-related kinase 2, Nek2, is expressed in specific stages of the meiotic cell cycle and associates with meiotic chromosomes

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				K. Tanaka and E. A. Nigg Cloning and Characterization of the Murine Nek3 Protein Kinase, a Novel Member of the NIMA Family of Putative Cell Cycle Regulators J. Biol. Chem., May 7, 1999; 274(19): 13491 - 13497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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